Harry met by adoring fans as he attended an official engagement outside the MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy Gave a speech at the unveiling of the British pavilion for the Universal Expo - to be held ...

The hard-fought campaign to retake Italy from the Germans during World ... on the fighting in the region surrounding the abbey at Monte Cassino from January to May 1944. Mr. Holland makes clear ...

And so their troops in Italy had to make do with a limited number ... Four months of hard-fought gains led the Allies to the taking of Monte Cassino. “From a number of miles away it appeared ...

Between the sixth and twentieth centuries, the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino (est. 529) experienced a cycle of atrocities which forever transformed its identity. This book examines how such a ...

A man who fought in the World War Two Battle of Monte Cassino is returning to Italy for events to mark its 80th anniversary. Jack Hearn, from Northumberland, is 100 years old and is one of just a ...

Sometimes remembered as the "D-Day Dodgers", in reference to their role away from Normandy, men in Italy faced brutal conditions as they battled to take Monte Cassino and dislodge enemy soldiers.